Title
Effect of number of motor units and muscle fibre type on surface electromyogram.
Abstract
Reduction in number of motor units (nMU) and fast fibre ratio (FFR) is associated with disease or atrophy when this is rapid. There is a need to study the effect of nMU and FFR to analyse the association with ageing and disease. This study has developed a mathematical model to investigate the relationship between nMU and FFR on surface electromyogram (sEMG) of the biceps muscles. The model has been validated by comparing the simulation outcomes with experiments comparing the sEMG of physically active younger and older cohort. The results show that there is statistically significant difference between the two groups, and the simulation studies closely model the experimental results. This model can be applied to identify the cause of muscle weakness among the elderly due to factors such as muscle dystrophy or preferential loss of type F muscle fibres.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/s11517-015-1344-1
Medical & biological engineering & computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
sEMG, Muscle activity, Muscle type, Age, Modelling
Muscle activity,Muscle weakness,Computer vision,Ageing,Anatomy,Biceps,Artificial intelligence,Physical medicine and rehabilitation,Atrophy,Dystrophy,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
54
4
1741-0444
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.55
3
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan1275.79
Dinesh Kant Kumar216828.34
Katherine Wheeler320.89
Hirokazu Shimada420.89
Ariba Siddiqi520.55